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Is it true solar cells turn the sun's energy directly into electricity?
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Here are two direct ways to convert sun energy to electricity:
- Photovoltaics (solar panels) converts the light waves directly to electric current.
- Using the suns heat energy to boil water and the steam turbine runs a generator.
Indirect ways:
- Windmills (wind and weather are result of the suns energy interaction with the air and moisture in the atmosphere).
- Dams in rivers. The sun evaporates water into the atmosphere. The water precipitates back to earth and flows into rivers, back to the ocean.
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∙ 13y ago
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What is the solar cells of a cell?
I've found it out. It's; Light-->solar cell-->voltmeter.
The name of the process in which cells directly use solar energy o make food?
Photosynthesis.
How do plant cells and solar cells differ?
A solar cell or a photovoltaic cell converts the light energy from the sun directly into electricity and is non-organic but a plant cell is an organic piece of matter which contains chloroplasts in its cytoplasm which absorb light energy from the Sun and convert it into glucose (chemical energy) during the process of photosynthesis.
How is the plant cell similar to the solar cell?
Plant cells and solar cells BOTH convert sunlight into energy. In the case of plants it is chemical energy - for solar cells it is electricity. Plants use organic processes but solar cells use inorganic semiconductors.
Why don't solar cells eventually run down as electrochemical cells do?
In the case of electrochemical cells, the energy is coming from the reactions inside the cell- the chemicals inside have some stored energy, and as the cell is used, that energy is used up and they are converted into different chemicals with less energy, until the cell runs out.Solar cells get their energy from the sun- sunlight has energy, and what the solar cell does is convert that light energy into electrical energy. So it doesn't use any energy of its own (it does lose electrons, but more electrons come in from the circuit so it never runs out). So as long as a solar cell is exposed to light, it won't run down.In the long term, the sunlight will start to degrade the solar cell so it will eventually stop working, but not because it runs out of energy.
Cells that convert solar energy directly into electricity are called?
Photovoltaic cells converts solar energy into electricity.
Can solar energy be converted directly into a solar cell?
solar cells directly convert solar energy to electricity... if thats what you are asking about, then yes. if not, clarify your question.
What does solar energy means?
energy from sunlightEnergy that you get directly from the sun, that you can,say, convert into electricity
What do Solar cells convert?
Solar cells convert light directly into electricity
How can electricity be derived from solar cells?
Solar cells have stored solar energy that is converted into electrical energy.
What are PV cells and what are they used for?
PV cells stand for photovoltic cells. they are used to convert solar energy directly into electricity for human use
What device is used to convert solar energy to electricity?
solar cells are used to convert solar energy to electricity.
What do solar cells transfer sunlight directly into?
Solar cells convert sunlight directly into electricity via the photovoltaic process.
What SC make electricity using electricity using energy from the sun?
Solar Cells
Can solar energy be converted directly into electricity in a solar cell?
Yes.
A device that directly converted solar energy into electricity?
Solar cell
How is solar energy obtained?
It is obtained by solar cells that convert into electricity.
